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Windows 2000 Driver Setup
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Installing Advanced Server Features
1
Start Windows 2000 Server and log in. You must have Network Administrator
privileges to install the driver software.
2
Insert the
3Com Installation CD
into the CD-ROM drive.
3
If the main menu appears, click
Exit
.
4
Double-click
My Computer
icon.
5
Right-click CD-ROM drive, and select
Explore
. Do not select Autoplay.
6
Double-click
Windows 2000
directory on the
3Com Installation CD
.
7
Double-click
BcmServ
directory.
8
Double-click
Baspinst.exe
to install Advanced Server Features.
This will install the Advanced Server Features software and display a window.
From this menu, you can create a team. See “Creating a Team and Assigning NICs”
on page 31, or click
OK
to complete installation.
Uninstalling Advanced Server Features
1
Start Windows 2000 system and log in. You must have Network Administrator
privileges to uninstall the driver software.
2
Select
Start/Settings/Control Panel/Network and Dial-up Connections
.
3
Right-click any NIC and select
Properties
.
4
Click
Broadcom Advanced Server Features program driver
, and then click
Uninstall.
5
A Warning screen appears. Click
Yes
to continue.
6
At the prompt, click
Yes
to restart.
Configuring Advanced Server Features
The Advanced Server Features provides load balancing, failover, and VLAN configuration
by creating teams (virtual NICs) that consist of multiple NICs.
Configuring Teaming
Any available NIC can be configured as part of a team. Teaming is a method of grouping
multiple NICs to a virtual NIC (bundling multiple NICs to look like a single NIC). The benefit
of this approach is
load balancing
.
By selecting each of the available NICs, move each of them over to the Load Balance
Members column. This “team” now appears as one NIC. Each member in the Load
Balance Member list shares the traffic burden of all its members.
NOTE:
Advanced Server Features will only install in a system running a Windows
2000 Server operating system (Server, Advanced Server, or Datacenter Server).
NOTE:
All teaming configurations can be optionally performed using the 3Com
Management Programs. Refer to “3Com Management Programs” on page 85 for
additional information.
